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Sources: Twitter discussed acquiring Clubhouse for around $4B but the talks fell apart; Clubhouse is now looking to raise funding at a $4B valuation — - Talks no longer active between Twitter, social media startup — Clubhouse is seeking to raise funding at a similar valuation
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Peter Thiel says he is a pro-Bitcoin maximalist, but Bitcoin threatens fiat money and might be used by China to undercut the US dollar's reserve currency status — Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist and conservative political donor, urged the U.S. government to consider tighter regulations …
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| Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: |
Facebook says it did not notify users about the 2019 data leak affecting 533M accounts at the time and doesn't plan to do so now — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc did not notify the more than 530 million users whose details were obtained through the misuse of a feature before 2019 and recently …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: production of some MacBooks and iPads has been postponed due to the global component shortage, a sign that the chip shortage is growing more serious — US tech giant's headaches suggest even worse chip shortages lie ahead — TAIPEI — Production of some MacBooks and iPads …
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple unveils a revamped Find My program with support for third-party devices and says devices from Belkin, Chipolo, and VanMoof will be first to work with it — Apple today announced the launch of its Find My network accessory program, which is designed to allow third-party Bluetooth devices …
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| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Facebook says it is adding contextual labels to posts by Pages like “satire page” and “public official” to reduce confusion about their origin — Facebook is adding labels to satire pages in the News Feed — Facebook is adding additional labels to posts from Pages …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's NPE team launches a public beta for Hotline, a web-based app letting creators stream live video or audio-only Q&As; events are recorded automatically — Facebook's internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched its latest experiment, Hotline, into public beta testing.
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| Emi Nietfeld / New York Times: |
An ex-Google engineer says she endured harassment for over a year and that Google's positive external image led her to delay reporting it — I learned the hard way that no publicly traded company is a family. — Ms. Nietfeld is a software engineer. She worked at Google from 2015 to 2019.
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| Quint Forgey / Politico: |
Twitter says it won't let the US National Archives make @realDonaldTrump's old tweets available publicly via Twitter's platform, citing his permanent suspension — Twitter will not allow the National Archives to make former President Donald Trump's past tweets from his @realDonaldTrump account available …
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| Jonathan Keane / Silicon Republic: |
Dublin-based Tines, which helps automate mundane security tasks, raises $26M Series B led by Addition, at a $300M valuation — The new injection of capital will be invested in developing products that go beyond Tines' core offering and opening an office in Boston.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK startup TrueLayer, which lets fintech apps connect with customers' bank accounts, raises $70M Series D led by Addition, bringing its total raised to $142M — - TrueLayer lets fintech apps like Revolut and Freetrade connect with customers' bank accounts using technology known as APIs.
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TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, World Economic Forum, Business Wire, Crunchbase News, FinSMEs, and cryptodaily.co.uk. Tweets: @level39cw
| Derrek Lee / Android Central: |
Google has started rolling out an updated UI for the Play Store, which moves the Play Store menu items to the profile thumbnail and removes the hamburger menu — The Play Store redesign is here whether you like it or not. — What you need to know — Google's new Play Store UI is rolling out now on Android devices.
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| Vikas SN / The Economic Times: |
Indian messaging service Gupshup raises $100M from Tiger Global at a $1.4B valuation, bringing its total raised to $150M — Conversational messaging platform Gupshup has raised $100 million from Tiger Global, pushing the company's valuation to $1.4 billion.| Dave Lee / Financial Times: |
Facing a shortage of drivers, Uber will spend $250M on a one-time “stimulus” for US drivers and Lyft is offering $800 bonuses for referring former drivers — Ride-sharing apps turn to bonuses and extra pay as they struggle to meet a rebound in demand
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Twitch expands its misconduct policy to ban users who harass members of its community, even when that harassment takes place off Twitch — It's a major expansion of the platform's misconduct policy — Twitch will now ban users who harass members of its community — even when that harassment takes place off Twitch.
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple's conclusions of law in Epic case: App Store doesn't lead the gaming market, so consequently it cannot be considered a monopoly — Back in August 2020, Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store after an update that bypassed the App Store's in-app purchases system.
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Ramp, which provides corporate cards and spend management software, raises $115M at a $1.6B valuation, and says it is nearing a transaction rate of $1B — This morning, Ramp, which provides corporate cards and spend management software, announced that it has closed $115 million across two investments …
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| Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: |
Indian social media startup ShareChat raises $502M from investors including Tiger Global, Snap, and Twitter, at a valuation of $2.1B, and says it has 160M MAUs — Indian social media company raised $500m for short-video app Moj — Indian social media firm ShareChat has raised more than half …
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Tweets: @ankushsach, @kushalbhagia, @samidhas, @madhavchanchani, and @akm1410
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google announces a virtual I/O from May 18 to May 20, with registration opening soon; the date was hidden behind a puzzle — After canceling entirely last year, Google today announced that I/O 2021 will be virtual and free to attend. The conference is historically held …
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OnMSFT.com and Ubergizmo
| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Egypt's Paymob, which helps merchants accept payments from their customers in a variety of ways, raises $18.5M Series A led by Dubai-based Global Ventures — While Nigeria and Kenya have been at the forefront of African fintech innovation, activities in Egypt are beginning to shape up nicely.
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Crowdfund Insider, Finextra, MENAbytes, and Bloomberg
| Tate Ryan-Mosley / MIT Technology Review: |
An in-depth look at the impact, often negative and not fully understood, of AR beauty filters on social media, especially on girls and young women — Veronica started using filters to edit pictures of herself on social media when she was 14 years old. She remembers everyone in her middle school …
Tweets: @beebrookshire and @drewharwell
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Norway's grocery delivery service Kolonial rebrands as Oda, raises €223M at a €750M post-money valuation, led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 and Prosus — Food delivery startups, and specifically those focused on grocery delivery, continue to reap super-sized rounds of funding in Europe … | Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: |
Attensi, which uses a gamified approach to corporate training, raises $26M from investors including Lugard Road Capital and DX Ventures — Corporate training startup Attensi — which originally emerged out of Oslo, Norway — has raised $26 million from New York-based Lugard Road Capital …
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